...thread. ;-)

Post your arrivals on this thread or go here (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6902) when still waiting or if getting a heart attack reading this thread title. Sorry!

hehe, i dont think you could have foold anyone with this thread title on a SUNDAY! :D

hehe...lucky I read this now and not on monday morning...then I WOULD have had a heart attack...^^

damn...tribble was faster...:-)

... moved...

ok...I suggest using a new thread for requests like that...i'll open one...

Ok, I move the question to the new thread.

Still "Shipped not paid."...

"shipped not paid"?

Mine is paid not shipped!

"shipped not paid"?
Mine is paid not shipped!

Just some kidding around! ;-)

mine is still processing...buhuuuuu

I think we were all a bit too optimisitc...^^
Some of you might stil get lucky, but I think they won't be shipping large numbers today...but I like to be mistaken in questions like this...maybe I should visit the meditation thread again...:-)

Well something's arrived...

Not the iLiad though, just the compact flash cards I ordered for it.

not yet

(just checking your meditation status *eg*)

Hehe, seeing, that this thread is quite old now, and noone had acually received an iLiad, its irony factor is rising constantly ;)

Some of you might stil get lucky, but I think they won't be shipping large numbers today...

What makes you think so?

Kids, stop replying to this thread! I should be working today!

p.s. OMG I did it myself

Hmmm...after all this waiting I would expect tons of photos, videos and stories. Strange. Any NDA in the box? :huh:

Hmmm...after all this waiting I would expect tons of photos, videos and stories. Strange. ;-)

Yes, but everyone just wants to try his device once before writing reports. Unfortunately, "trying" means "read a book". I heard rumors that CommanderROR's test book is War and Peace.

I heard rumors that CommanderROR's test book is War and Peace.
Thanks, I needed a laugh. :)
(my cube neighbors are wondering about me right now)

hehe...it's not War and Peace...that's waht I read on the forums...

i've still not managed to make my Riverworld into a suitable PDF...It's all A4...but I got the right program now...so maybe i'll be able to actually READ something soon.

I've had lots of little things to do today that kept me away from the Iliad.

I also have some news...
I had some trouble with the notes ability (I told you about it) adn wrote to iRex. They sent me the files after a short time and I could use the function (until I ran out of time).
I also had a problem with IDS. Email support told me to call the german support office (they actually have one now it seems).
The bad nes is, that the lady there doesn't speak german. The good new is, she's nice, she took me through all the steps, and as it still didn't work then (because I did everything correctly before..hehe...) she gave me a support ticket for further contact with the actual Software guys.
So the support is actually quite good now as far as I can tell. The real problem (something the lady could not know) was a setting in my router software that didnt allow any more IP's to be supplied by the DHCP...stupid mistake a setting I made ages ago and forgot about...^^
Now the error is resolved, but I get another one...don't know what that is, but at least I get past the first barrier. i'll do more testing later.

Email support told me to call the german support office (...). The bad nes is, that the lady there doesn't speak german.

Ah yes, sounds perfectly like irex.
scnr

Yeah, thats really funny :) I think iRex is a very humorous company. :D

got my iliad too and made some photos of the unpacking which i hope to upload this afternoon. display looks great although i haven't been able to read anything as my pdf ebooks are all in a somewhat bigger size which isn't really readable (although the resolution of the would allow this using a magnifying glass). I had severe Problems to use the on-screen keyboard, several numbers and chars simply wouldn't work. A normal wacom digitizer stylus "works" too, as far as this can be considered working in my case. I have to try this again without loading tha batteries simultaneously, hope it's a software bug.
Unfortunately i'll not be home for the next few days so this will have to wait :-(

@ThinkNeXT

My keyboard seems to work perfectly...but I haven't tried all the keys yet...I'll try to do so soon, but I'll have b busy weekend..

Oh yeah...Congrats...lokks like you're number 2...^^

It has arrived ... just 1 bitter pill i could cry about it was 1 day late ... but its still nice :D

And they really left out my company name. It was a wonder that i met the UPS driver at the door (ok it was not that much of a wonder sitting around the door waiting for him *g*)

And it wasn't packed very save *shiver* .... :huh:

And they really left out my company name.

Our hearts bleed for you.
No company name, indeed!!
Personally, I would have let them take it back.

High 5...you are the living proof that there is humour int the netherlands...:-)

Congrats Sisha...!!!

since i'll be away most of the weekend you can take over the question-answering...^^

Our hearts bleed for you.
No company name, indeed!!
Personally, I would have let them take it back.

Err? :rolleyes: Sorry but if you work in a bigger company it could really be a big problem when they send it to your companys adress just with your name on it.

And cause there were more people with that same problem i just want to warn them by it to keep an eye on the UPS driver today.

High 5...you are the living proof that there is humour int the netherlands...:-)

Now you are beeing unfair, CommanderROR. Just think about the latest example. German supportnumber with no german speaking supporters :) I think iRex is proof of homorous people in the netherlands. You should give them some credit here. :D

Err? :rolleyes: Sorry but if you work in a bigger company it could really be a big problem when they send it to your companys adress just with your name on it.

And cause there were more people with that same problem i just want to warn them by it to keep an eye on the UPS driver today.

It shouldn't be.

They have the address, and if you are a larger company one would presume you have a reception desk.

They go to reception, and ask for "Name" and reception looks you up.

CommanderROR, Sischa: does your Iliad have something loose inside that makes a noise when you shake the device, too? Mine does and it sounds like something broke inside :-(
I get the slight feeling that my usual luck is beginning to set in now... That will be an interesting inner fight - should I send it back to have this corrected/replaced or should I keep it because it is still better than nothing?

Depends on whats loose. If its the processor, i'd return it :D

Mine doesn't sound like anything is loose.
The top right corner of the plastic casing (next the the SD slot) makes a noise if I press there and it moves slightly, but apart from that...

Its seems nothing loose here *shakes it*

aaargh.

someone make this mental image of someone shaking an iliad instead of admiring it go away.

UPS has just left.

ITS MINE!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAH

CommanderROR, Sischa: does your Iliad have something loose inside that makes a noise when you shake the device, too? Mine does and it sounds like something broke inside :-(
I get the slight feeling that my usual luck is beginning to set in now... That will be an interesting inner fight - should I send it back to have this corrected/replaced or should I keep it because it is still better than nothing?


It's not a button that's a little loose?

Tribble: I hate you... Well at least until mine arrives I do.

It's not a button that's a little loose?
Hm, I had hoped so, but i think there is some plastic or the like floating around inside the housing. The only thing that should be floating is the e-ink :-/

Hm, I had hoped so, but i think there is some plastic or the like floating around inside the housing. The only thing that should be floating is the e-ink :-/


Is the housing screwed together or is it one of those click&break housings?

It's screwed together with star screws, they look used, as if they had been opened after the factory (at least normally screws from the factory don't have any wear).

It's screwed together with star screws, they look used, as if they had been opened after the factory (at least normally screws from the factory don't have any wear).


Very strange they have wear. You could ask iRex what's going on or open it yourself if you are technical.

But for that money it's probably the best to talk to iRex.

doesn't sound to good if they are selling repaired iliads already

I think iRex is proof of homorous people in the netherlands. You should give them some credit here. :D

Those dutch are indeed a special bunch of people.
I should know...

A few years ago I wrote a FAQ called
"How to treat the Dutch and how to avoid becoming one" (http://www.xs4all.nl/~pdegroot/holland/index.html)
a FAQ on life in the Netherlands.

It is still -sort of- alive and as long as you are waiting for that UPS guy to arrive at the front desk and the boss is not around, it might give you a valuable insight in the way that Irex is behaving towards you all...

*snigger*

Very good High 5

tribble,

You need to change your avatar. I am waiting to see what you artistic ability will avail us with next!

doesn't sound to good if they are selling repaired iliads already
Hm, I don't think it was broken, maybe it's more like it was either hand-made or something was changed later.

UPS has just left.

ITS MINE!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAH

What was your order number? Or were you in the 10 units batch?

order number 349, and no specialty treatment, just close to düren :D
And the avatar update follows after i had a little fun with m new toy.

Who has got his iLiad so far ?

I do, and for anyone who wants to know, USB LED lights work :)

Received my iliad this afternoon.
played around abit, plugged in power cord to charge battery.
configured wireless.
started software-update.
it download "speedup-startup", so it told me
and now it hangs with message "download complete" since 5 mins.
damn!

rgds
wiljo

ah: and notetaking templates also seem to be missing.
anyone kind enough to share them?

wiljo

ok - did a "reset" now on iliad - because it would not come out of "download complete".

doesn't seem to have hurt.....

[edited: 't was just the shortref guide downloaded.... hmmm]

Received my iliad this afternoon.
played around abit, plugged in power cord to charge battery.
configured wireless.
started software-update.
it download "speedup-startup", so it told me
and now it hangs with message "download complete" since 5 mins.
damn!

rgds
wiljo

What was your order number?

Congrats wiljo - you have received your iLiad!
"shortref guide" in htm or pdf format?

In the manual (or short reference?) there was somewhere written that if during the installation of downloaded software & tools something went wrong or the device is turned off its no problem. Simpy reset the device and download again.

Just if you do a firmware update the device is in danger when update hangs up or device is turned off. At least so it was written ...

I do, and for anyone who wants to know, USB LED lights work :)
Thanks! I wanted to know -- but you probably knew that. :)

UPS has just left.

ITS MINE!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAH

Still only a tracking number and no pickup yet on my side... :-(

@herve: order# 418
@yokos: shortref in pdf

hmm... now i can't seem to connect via wlan.... hmm... maybe its time to try some books for a change ;-)

Can a mobilereader publish this "shortref"?
or
will send iRex this pdf to costumers who paid already if I ask?

@sischa: problem was, I didn't know what it was downloading.....

Can a mobilereader publish this "shortref"?
or
will send iRex this pdf to costumers who paid already if I ask?

The shortref is on the iLiad. ind docs -> references

Thanks! I wanted to know -- but you probably knew that. :)
Yes, indeed :) Only the lamp i have is probably too heavy for the usb port. While the divice seems very well made, the usb port will probably not survie it, since you move the iLiad all the time and forces may be too strong. Gotta find a lighter one.

Something like this (http://www.meritline.com/usb-light-led-notebook-laptop.html) maybe?

Something like this (http://www.meritline.com/usb-light-led-notebook-laptop.html) maybe?
That looks good. Gotta get one of those.

That looks good. Gotta get one of those.
Not at all. :)

I ran across that the other day and remembered it.

That looks good. Gotta get one of those.


But if that light is designed for a notebook it would be the idea to mount it on top of your screen where it will illuminate your keyboard from there.

That could mean that if you stick it on top of your iLiad that the opening angle of the LED is to small to illuminate your complete iLiad screen. Even if it would illuminate the whole screen it could show annoying darker areas.

(shrug) It looks to be adjustable to some extent -- maybe Tribble can try it out and let us know (pictures perhaps?)

This (http://www.consolefever.com/customer/product.php?productid=1236&XCARTSESSID=bac32fc02e458828e0d49d3cabe086ba) could possibly be a better option as the LED illuminates a tube so the light is spread over a much bigger angle. But the problem is that you only know when you test it.

This (http://www.consolefever.com/customer/product.php?productid=1236&XCARTSESSID=bac32fc02e458828e0d49d3cabe086ba) could possibly be a better option as the LED illuminates a tube so the light is spread over a much bigger angle. But the problem is that you only know when you test it.

Another posibiity is using the LightWedge (operated by batteries), see:
http://www.amazon.com/LightWedge-Paperback-LED/dp/B0001MRGKE/sr=1-3/qid=1152901013/ref=sr_1_3/103-7409320-8812640?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden

It has a lot of good reviews (both the normal and the "harry potter" version).

What I don't know is if the light distributor would light the entire iliad screen or not, and if it can be adjusted for the top or right sides of the iliad.

If the LightWedge worked with the iliad, it would be fantastic :-).

That really does look great.

This lightwedge doesn't clamp to the reader, so you should be holding it against the iLiad. And it probably covers the page flip bar, so you'll have to lift it to change pages. Besides, i'ts designed to be in direct contact with paper but the iLiad has a glass screen and the frame probably will avoid direct contact so there might be glare. It doen't sound so great to me.

Hi,
I've got my iLiad last weekend.
I plugged in the power cord to charge the battery and
configured wireless.
Then I started the software-update.
After two seconds the message "Download complete", so it told to me.
But I cannot see any entry in the Download history.
Software version is V2.4 .

Transferring PDF's from PC to iLiad works good. Also to read a file from a
USB-Stick is without any problem.
Only, after pressing the Notes key I am missing the sketchboard.xeb.
So far so good.

Hi,
I've got my iLiad last weekend.
I plugged in the power cord to charge the battery and
configured wireless.
Then I started the software-update.
After two seconds the message "Download complete", so it told to me.
But I cannot see any entry in the Download history.
Software version is V2.4 .

Transferring PDF's from PC to iLiad works good. Also to read a file from a
USB-Stick is without any problem.
Only, after pressing the Notes key I am missing the sketchboard.xeb.
So far so good.

The empty download history is to be expected, sinc your iLiad has the newest software version installed, so there was nothing to download.

As for notetaking. You can take any jpg or bmp and draw on it. it gets saved as originalname_note.jpg (or bmp) and there you have your note. But you can only have one note per image. if you open the original image and draw again, the .._note gets overwritten. if you open the .._note file, you can add to the drawing.

i just added the xeb file, so you can put that in your notes folder. And to draw (and see drawings) in the xeb you have to turn on drawing by clicking on the greyed out button in the left bottom corner.

Thank's tribble,

now I am at work, but in the evening I will put your file into the notes folder.
After testing I'll write a message just here.

Got mine! :-)

Congratulations R2D2!!! :D

*mutter*

Congrats

congratulations.

this is the final confirmations: iliads exist. ;)

Thanks! Now I only have to find out how to switch it on...

Thanks! Now I only have to find out how to switch it on...


Do you need help ? :D

Yes, because absolutely nothing happens...

you have to push the on switch to the left for 2 seconds. Then it starts booting. Youll notice when the green led in the top left corner flashes.

you have to push the on switch to the left for 2 seconds.

Apparently I am stupid:

There is the circular button in the upper right corner. Pressing it - short or long - lead to nothing.

Then there are the navigation buttons on the left hand side of the device. Nothing happens when you press them too.

Finally there are the folder button at the bottom of the device. Nothing happens there as well.

When plugging the iLiad to the travel hub and the travel hub to the power outlet the LED will be red. But as I said: Nothing else happens.

So what am I doing wrong???

yes, on the bottom of the device is a little silver switch. it says on/off next to it. You have to push that to the left for 2 seconds to turn the iliad on (or was ist 2 seconds to turn it off) but that should work. My battery was quite full, when i got it. So you should be good to go.

There are two kinds of people.

The ones who read manuals carefully, do everything by the numbers and look up everything before trying anything.
Then there are the ones who get a new device, start fiddling with buttons, press anything that can be pressed, immediately start poking the innards with screwdrivers and who only get a manual when things get rough.

Now the first ones know how everything (should) work, they've got it all figured out.
Nothing ever goes wrong with these people.

The second kind work in places like Chernobyl, the bridge of the Titanic and at the landingpost of the Hindenburg.
They have much, much more fun!! :)

Thanks, I got it. Now I can even read the manual which tells me where the power switch is...

There are two kinds of people.

The ones who read manuals carefully, ...:)

Actually, you can't blame him. He doesnt have a manual. Its on the iLiad, which he has to turn on, to be able to read, how to turn it on :D

And the on/of switch is well hidden next to the connector port. You dont easily recognize it a son/off switch. And even then, pressing it will probably only break the device. You have to push it to the left, and if you have large hands, you will have to ask your little neighbours kids to do it for you :D

But once the power management is ready you shuld almost never need to turn it on/off agein :) MUAHAHAHAHAH :rolleyes5

And the on/of switch is well hidden next to the connector port. You dont easily recognize it a son/off switch. And even then, pressing it will probably only break the device. You have to push it to the left, and if you have large hands, you will have to ask your little neighbours kids to do it for you :D


Actually the easyest way is to take the pen out and use it to push the button.

Don't remenber if i ever showed it on one of the videos :p

Thanks, I got it. Now I can even read the manual which tells me where the power switch is...

I was just pullin' your leg, I knew the manual is on the Iliad. :happy2:
Fortunately, things like that always seem to work out in the end.

I used to have a small device to defrost the lock on my car.
It came with an electricity cord to the cigarette lighter.
Come to think of it..that one never did work out..

Anyways: Thank you all! The display is really paper like!

I used to have a small device to defrost the lock on my car.
It came with an electricity cord to the cigarette lighter.
Come to think of it..that one never did work out..

Do you have photos? I love the idea.

* the software was up to date: 2.4
* images are not zoomed and/or rotated to fit.
* there are ghost images (but they do not disturb me)
* apparently wpa is not supported (not good, I hope this will change soon)
* apparently (please help!) there is no apabi file on my device. there are no note taking templates on my device as well.

yeah, the iliad looks really great.

Couldn't agree with you more.
You are very lucky, R2D2!
It seems that you were not the only one who didn't get his templates.

@Ali, Unfortunately not. it was a device given to me on 1th of april. Used to get quite a few good laughs out of it from people I showed it to so it wasn't absolutely useless after all. :)
Your avatar is very, very scary!

Barking! :D

* the software was up to date: 2.4
* images are not zoomed and/or rotated to fit.
* there are ghost images (but they do not disturb me)
* apparently wpa is not supported (not good, I hope this will change soon)
* apparently (please help!) there is no apabi file on my device. there are no note taking templates on my device as well.


What, no picture of the on/off switch? :)

Duane

Hi tribble,

it's now installed. But, you wrote something about clicking a greyed out button. Which one ? After openening the xeb file there are four buttons in the left on the corner. And there's no button with a greyed out pencil on it.

Hi tribble,

I suppose it seems to be the "extension.xeb" file. Could you send it like the notepad.xeb file ?

Hi tribble,

it's now installed. But, you wrote something about clicking a greyed out button. Which one ? After openening the xeb file there are four buttons in the left on the corner. And there's no button with a greyed out pencil on it.

The pen should be shown on all xeb files.

Mine just arrived :).

Apparently my iliad is on the UPS van right now - Awaiting Delivery today :)

BAH! Mine claims to be in germany still

oo, this thing is *cool*... :D

hey riocaz, what about your handheld info?

*Glares at Stinky*

@Tribble: oops, not updated that in a while.

That better?

yap :D

OK, it's lovely but I'm having trouble getting it online. I've got it plugged into my wired network via ethernet, and it's also found and recognised my nearest wireless AP, but when I try to connect it just says "Unsuccessful".

I went to their website and registered and it sent me a username (my email address) and a password (which I'm not sure I can even enter into the iliad since I haven't found out how to enter '#' character yet!). Plus an activation link, which I followed. Filled out the form there and changed my password.

I put the new, changed password into the Iliad config page, entered my username as "stinky ox" and my email address as what it is - is this correct procedure?

I'd like to at least see a successful logon - I'll be wanting those software updates!

any advice from other users?

Can people post up Order # when their Iliads arrive... I'm trying to gauge when mine will arrive...

Can people post up Order # when their Iliads arrive... I'm trying to gauge when mine will arrive...

hopefully this threat (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7029) catches on

Your username is the same as your email address Stinky...
The unsuccessful connection attempt could be due to DHCP problem or some other router thingy. For me it was that my router was only allowed to give out 5 IP's (I set that up some time...) and already had them all reserved for static routing...so the Iliad didn't receive an IP and I got errors for both WLAN and Wireless.

Chekc your settings and try again.

Bah, still not working. Doesn't help that there is *no* diagnostic stuff at all displayed, just the message "failed". The router is set to issue DHCP to everything, and everything else on the LAN is fine, the xbox360 connects fine on the wired side and even the Ninty DS connects from the wireless.

I *need* to get this thing online, I'll need those software updates!

Bit disappointed that this is proving tricky, actually. Effortless connectivity is necessary these days, especially with a device that appears to give no helpful diagnostic info at all and which has no way of configuring manual settings...

ah, I think I sorted it, extended the range of DHCP addresses and retried. It displayed "connecting to server" then "download complete".

Jeez, I didn't think I had more than 10 things on my lan needing addresses... guess I do! :D

I *need* to get this thing online, I'll need those software updates!

btw ... is there a way to update/flash the device offline (via usb/network)?
they should provide a way to download the updates 'manually' and install them.
you know, there are still people out there w/o wlan (not me, oooooh no)

You can plug it in to the wired network too, so no problems even if you don't have wifi :). Don't know about installing updates without being online yet though (mine didn't actually do any updating since it's already got the latest version of the software in it).

and don't forget the offline flashing utility (via usb) we will need if the first of us bricked his iliad. Please, anonymous iRex guy, could you do us this favour?

/me feels like a member of a cargo cult :\

Well, first impressions so far are very positive. I'll get the moaning out of the way first - the recharge and connections through the supplied pod *are* a bit clunky; the umbilical that connects the pod to the iLiad as mentioned before is a bit stiff, and if you're doing aught but laying the thing flat when it's connected you do worry a bit about putting a strain on the thin little connector. I'd've preferred power, USB and eth ports on one of the edges like on my origami - the bottom edge is fat enough for them I'd've thought.

The display is really lovely. Just like paper you do need to be in reasonable light to read. Out in the sunshine it's *stunning* (at *last* a device I can use outdoors!). The device is light and comfortable to hold. At the moment of course you really need the *right* PDFs to read with it since there's no zoom option yet but we all know that the software is unfinished at the moment. What's there is eminently usable if you have stuff that's natively the right size.

I am getting the same trouble that others have with intermittent recognition of my SD card - sometimes I need to re-insert it a few times before it gets read correctly. I suspect this may be due to the fact that it takes quite a deep push to get it to lock in, and sometimes it comes out again and requires a second push. Perhaps it starts to read it and then when it disappears again gets confused so when you do get it to go in it doesn't have the index. Maybe adding a short delay before reading the index would fix that, I dunno.

Annotation seems to work well, with the display being updated quicker than I thought it would be. Mine came with no templates - thanks to those who put the missing content online :).

My iliad just arrived.. smaller than I thought (which is good) play time tonight :)

*sulk*

Still:

HERNE-BOERNIG, DE 18/07/2006 0:19 EXPORT SCAN

Er... I just went outside to take some pics of it working in the sun. Went to my CF menu to load a PDF (one I'd successfully loaded before), and it's hung on loading.

And I mean *completely* hung. It just shows the second page of my CF index, the little green light in the top left is flickering gently (and gets brighter if I get the stylus out and bring it near to the screen, so something is still alive in there) but no controls do *anything*. I've tried the on/off switch but no amount of sliding it, sliding and holding it for a few seconds or whatever will do anything at all. It is completely unresponsive to all commands.

How in hell do I reset it?

There must be a small hole on the back.
Use a paperclip to manually reset the Iliad.
(got this from a photo somewhere)
Hope this'll help.

ah, I just found the recessed button on the back labelled "Reset". :D

Rebooting it now..

There is a reset button on the back in the middle.

If you press that it will shut the machine down and you can turn it on again via the normal on/off switch.

a few pics:

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~stinkyox/pix/iliad1.jpg

Display is bright and clear in direct sunlight.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~stinkyox/pix/iliad2.jpg

Displaying the pdf manual of a ham radio.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~stinkyox/pix/iliad3.jpg

Not a very clear pic of the display (due to not so good photography rather than any display deficiency, the sun is glaring off the display so you can't see it properly) but amusing - one of my sheep looking at "The Wolf and the Lamb" from Aesop's Fables :D.

That looks so nice.

Where is mine?!?!?! :-/

great - that means the iliad is sheepproof. next thing we have to check are goats.

It looks really shiny. End of the week - yay.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~stinkyox/pix/iliad4.jpg

That's a goat's nose at the left of this picture. He didn't eat the iLiad :D.

He didn't eat it.... Yet.

That's a goat's nose at the left of this picture. He didn't eat the iLiad :D.

Sheep.....Check
Goat.......Check
Elephant..?????

No elephant, but I can do a llama... ;)

What about dog or cat? :huh:

Is it save to have the device around with these type of amimals? :rolleyes:

Perhaps we should start a new thread to see if something is threatened by the device? :blink:

BTW, ali prooved, that is also save with humans (small ones there) :happy2:

Greetings,
Frank

Inside the house I have 1 dog :). She isn't bothered by the iLiad at all :).

Perhaps we should start a new thread to see if something is threatened by the device? :blink:


I guess you could draw a cross on the notepad and scare away vampires... :evil:

This thread is going nowhere very fast now, sorry. :dunce:

i'm gonne put the cross to scare vampires away on the software wishlist.

other cool purposes you can think about?

BTW, ali prooved, that is also save with humans (small ones there)

It is! It also survives a limited amount of baby saliva.

No elephant, but I can do a llama... ;)

And a yak?

Now I would love to have a yak :). Proper lovely, yaks :).

I'm surprised you don't own a camel. :-)

One day :D... I would love to go down the pub on a camel :).

Strange but true: I was once offered a job on the basis of a llama immediately upon signing, with the option of a yak after six months.

It Arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God it's gorgeous. Various people in the office are now drooling over it.

CONGRATS!! :D
Sigh, I can't wait to receive mine, it'll also arrive at the office, I bet it gets ooohs and aaahs (I'm in an IT dept, lol).

what do you think? How many people will order an iliad when they have seen yours?

I think these first devices will spark interest in quite a lot of people.

I was reading on a bench yesterday, and someone asked me, what that was. He admired the display and said that if you could enlargen the letters that would be awesome. He must have been about 65 and i think with a little lower price, he would get it. He said, they had to move to audiobooks, because the normal books are just getting so hard to read :D

I posted up my pics on my home forum and there's been a fair bit of "that is super cool!" response, tempered with a bit of "I'd get one if it were a couple hundred euro cheaper" stuff.

Reckon we may get a few converts when the SDK comes out though ;).

It Arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You...you..you.. you lucky person, you!!
__________________________________________

Hold the press!!! While typing this message an email from Irex:
"Your order will be shipped on July 20th."

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!!!

Same here. I just got an email from iRex:

Order Number: 508
Detailed Invoice: https://www.irexshop.com/account_history_info.php?order_id=508
Date Ordered: Tuesday 04 July, 2006

The comments for your order are

Your order will be shipped on July 20th.
UPS will send you a tracking number in a separate email in the coming days.



Your order has been updated to the following status.

New status: Shipping started

Please reply to this email if you have any questions.

Me too, me too!!! :D
Oh dear, oooooohhhmmmmm, oh dear... (nerves!!)

edit: sorry, #592 (last of this batch, if I'm not wrong!)

What order number...! Don't forget to include it...!

Me too, me too!!! :D
Oh dear, oooooohhhmmmmm, oh dear... (nerves!!)

edit: sorry, #592 (last of this batch, if I'm not wrong!)

Why do you think that...! Don't let it be true... I am # 601... Please Mr Illiad God, let mine be included...!

Are you in status "paid not shipped"? I said it because #594 is still "order confirmed, processing", that's all. Hope I'm wrong, for your sake. :)

Cooooooool .... :happy2: :happy2:

iRex Shop
------------------------------------------------------
Order Number: 513
Date Ordered: Tuesday 04 July, 2006

The comments for your order are

Your order will be shipped on July 20th.
UPS will send you a tracking number in a separate email in the coming days.



Your order has been updated to the following status.

New status: Shipping started

Please reply to this email if you have any questions.

Are you in status "paid not shipped"? I said it because #594 is still "order confirmed, processing", that's all. Hope I'm wrong, for your sake. :)

I'm still in "Paid, not shipped" hell...!

Hmmm... but so was I, until just a while ago... I would've guessed we'd all hop to the next state (and all the "order confirmed" would go to "paid, not shipped").

Does anyone know what "Delivery will take place via UPS - Small Package services" means? Is that next day delivery?

My iLiad will be sent tomorrow and I wonder if it will make it here (London) on Friday...I doubt it though.

The latest shippings have taken a couple of days (Riocaz's even more!), it was only the special batch of 10 that was sent Express.

Any US customers gone beyond "Paid, not shipped" at this point?

The latest shippings have taken a couple of days (Riocaz's even more!), it was only the special batch of 10 that was sent Express.

Maybe this can help:
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-calcUPSTime

Thanks High5. :)

I was reading on a bench yesterday, and someone asked me, what that was. He admired the display and said that if you could enlargen the letters that would be awesome. He must have been about 65 and i think with a little lower price, he would get it. He said, they had to move to audiobooks, because the normal books are just getting so hard to read :D

I remembers me when I was looking for some free wifi in Madrid early this year. After locating a signal, I entered in a pub, went to the bar, asked for a beer, opened the portable keyboard, then mounted the Nokia 770 on it, and a waiter asked "that is a computer?". Not a PDA, but a "computer".

As for the e-ink, the reaction of my friends from humanities were mixed. They apreciated that it does not hum (humanities people are very sensitive to the humming of computers) and that it is a better screen that the usual LCD, but they also did some valid luddite-like remarks. We got also some discussion about how people hate technology because they usually are offered with defective products.

Strange but true: I was once offered a job on the basis of a llama immediately upon signing, with the option of a yak after six months.

I don't easily think "strange" anymore when I read about the things that happen to you. :-) At least the company understood what you consider to be french benefits. :D

I don't easily think "strange" anymore when I read about the things that happen to you. :-) At least the company understood what you consider to be french benefits. :D

Do they play that FedEx commercial over there?

French benefits?

Perhaps this (http://www.fedex.com/us/about/unitedstates/advertising/tvads/wrongqt.html?link=4) will help clear up the French Benefits thing. :D

Perhaps this (http://www.fedex.com/us/about/unitedstates/advertising/tvads/wrongqt.html?link=4) will help clear up the French Benefits thing. :D

ROFL :D

LOL

Very funny

Yeah, leave those innocent French people! :-)

Tu l'as dit bouffi !

ou sont les chameaux?

Perhaps this (http://www.fedex.com/us/about/unitedstates/advertising/tvads/wrongqt.html?link=4) will help clear up the French Benefits thing. :D

Argh! :o

Just got mine. But till now i was not able to use the stylus. It does nothing if i touch a button or the keyboard. Is there an trick?

Did you remove the stylus while it was starting up?

If so try putting it back in and taking it back out again.

It worked for me last night.

After resetting and plugging the power in it worked. Then it stopped working and now it works again... Mhmmm

And it hangs and boots and hangs... Mhmmm. How is the correct way for resetting? Only pushing the reset-button does nothing.

It's mine! muhahahaha!!

Well, it was when I discovered my workmates made a joke and hid it. They met the UPS guy before me. That's their revenge for me annoying them with the Iliad for the last eight weeks!

And it hangs and boots and hangs... Mhmmm. How is the correct way for resetting? Only pushing the reset-button does nothing.

Actually it turns off the iLiad and resets it. You just dont see it, because the screen stays put. Just turn it on again afterwards. Sometime i had to do the reset and restart twice.

it's even more confusing when it runs out of power...

took me a good 10 minutes to work out why it had just stopped last night and resetting it wasn't working...

Well, it was when I discovered my workmates made a joke and hid it. They met the UPS guy before me. That's their revenge for me annoying them with the Iliad for the last eight weeks!

Oh dear, I hope mine don't do the same, they are bored of hearing me! :( But glad to hear you got it finally, mine is also in Paris right now (still!). :)

I found that sometimes booting the iLiad with an SD in hung it, popping the SD out and restarting it seems to work. I guess there are issues reading the SD at boot anyway because I *always* need to unplug and re-plug the SD after a cold boot in order to get a dist of files on it.

Regarding the stylus stuff I suspect that's another software issue that needs addressing. When you place the stylus in the holder it's supposed to register that it's there and turn off stylus sensing. If you leave it out for 3 minutes away from the screen, then the sensing is turned off and you have to re-holster the stylus and take it out again to turn it on again.

I've found that sometimes if you put the stylus back in during a page turn or some operation where the iLiad is busy (green light on or flashing lots) it doesn't seem to register that it's gone back in. So next time you get it out (if you've left it longer than 3 minutes) it doesn't seem to work at all, and you have to put it in and get it out again to turn on sensing.

These are annoying little niggles but basically software issues that need tweaking, and we all knew we were getting unfinished system software; I am sure they will all be addressed in future updates :).

Yes, SD slot has a few problems. Mine didnt register my 2GB transcend card at all. And as you i always have to reinsert the card after restart to get recognized. But they said SD preformance should be better with OS 2.5

And for the stylus, they need an icon inj the iconbar. Its just to weird, if your pen suddenly doesnt work.

Oh dear, I hope mine don't do the same, they are bored of hearing me! :( But glad to hear you got it finally, mine is also in Paris right now (still!). :)

It seems your machine is going to take a plane. Mine is expected to travel via road or train.

maybe we should start a list of SD card makes that have no problems with the iliad for the faq

Thank you, ARivero, for the encouragement... I thought maybe I would get it tomorrow if things went smothly, but I'm out of luck, UPS have just told me the 24th... oh well, I had hoped to show it to a friend of mine from USA who's here right now, but unless I see her Monday night... :(

Yesss, my iliad has arrived :happy2:. The first impression is: The display is realy cool. You can't compare it to LCD/TFT. The ghosting thing is little bit annoying, but I think I can live with it (maybe the future sw updates could optimize that). Now I have to register it ...

Yay got mine, display is so crisp, its wierd.

It is isn't it.

I've had several people watch me switch between screens and then say something along the lines of:

"Yeah but it's some type of trick isn't it. Its not a real screen right?"

Got mine!

It was delivered this morning, and that was even with the fact that the address was incomplete (thanks to that wanko-something company handling the delivery for iRex). The UPS man tried to find the adressed name asking in the first business that seemed "IT-related" and of course, he was right in doing so :-).

I have my iliad :rolleyes5

Good for you! I am hardly working, just watching the door... sigh. Also, I am dressed in green and black, to match my iLiad today. :p

Good for you! I am hardly working, just watching the door... sigh. Also, I am dressed in green and black, to match my iLiad today. :p

Thanks Ela. Yours shouldn't be so far away... as mine was with yours in Paris :happy2:

It was? Mine stopped being in Paris, as in now still tracking as "left Dusseldorf" (the line about "in Paris" disappeared), but I phoned UPS and they told me it was in Barcelona on Friday, and they'd be delivering it today. Thanks for the good wishes. Enjoy yours (don't brick it!). :D

I am still waiting, in the home bussiness of my sister. No way to contact UPS to agree for a delivery hour, only a 902 number. Had I know, I had given the address at Teruel, even if not living there anymore: the UPS guys doing the countryside have my phone number and in other occassions they have called me in advance.

Got mine!

It was delivered this morning, and that was even with the fact that the address was incomplete (thanks to that wanko-something company handling the delivery for iRex). The UPS man tried to find the adressed name asking in the first business that seemed "IT-related" and of course, he was right in doing so :-).

I have my iliad :rolleyes5

It was? Mine stopped being in Paris, as in now still tracking as "left Dusseldorf" (the line about "in Paris" disappeared), but I phoned UPS and they told me it was in Barcelona on Friday, and they'd be delivering it today.

Mine was in exception in Paris too, but this morning it changed to "in transit..." (and yes, the line about the exception dissapeared, leaving only the "left dusseldorf" one). And a couple of hours later there was a friendly man from UPS asking for me in the door :-b

Thanks for the good wishes. Enjoy yours (don't brick it!). :D

I hope so... a couple of self compiled apps shouldn't brick it, nope? :wink:

I am still waiting, in the home bussiness of my sister.

Patience and best luck! Hope they deliver to all the spaniards today :-b

Patience and best luck! Hope they deliver to all the spaniards today :-b

I'm still waiting for a shipment number...

a couple of hours later there was a friendly man from UPS asking for me in the door.
I have two possible friendly men from UPS who'll be coming to see me, I know them well, I'm guessing who's turn it'll be. :)

I hope so... a couple of self compiled apps shouldn't brick it, nope?

Hehehehe... hope not!

(Good luck to arivero, too, and if you phone the 902 number, they might be able to tell you the the current status at least, such as "out on delivery", they told me)

(Good luck to arivero, too, and if you phone the 902 number, they might be able to tell you the the current status at least, such as "out on delivery", they told me)
Yep, they told me that, too. THe UPS website, on the other hand, seems to be failing to interfece with the spanish parcels.

Yes, it does seem to, eh? Annoying.

My package history seems different to yours. I never had any reference to Paris or Barcelona. It departed from Dusseldorf to HERNE-BOERNIG, DE, and then it changed to 'in transit' to Madrid. It's been stuck at that for several days. I hope I'll get it today, the eagerness is getting annoying!

Yes, but notice how when it comes into Spain domain, the info stops right there? Huh! I hope you get it too. :)

Well, the info actually stopped since it left herne-boering. It's been 'in transit' ever since. Or did you mean something else?

My guess is that from Herne-Boering it should have reached some place in Spain, and you never got that info, same as Antartica and me (and arivero, I think), so we all have "in transit" having left some place in Europe, but it's never come into Spain. Fact is, it HAS come into Spain, so UPS here has some problem with their tracking info, which is why my iLiad is floating about in limbo, having left Dusseldorf on the 19th and not arrived anywhere since then. ;)

What? Something working improperly in Spain? You must be joking! :D

My guess is that from Herne-Boering it should have reached some place in Spain, and you never got that info, same as Antartica and me (and arivero, I think), so we all have "in transit" having left some place in Europe, but it's never come into Spain. Fact is, it HAS come into Spain, so UPS here has some problem with their tracking info, which is why my iLiad is floating about in limbo, having left Dusseldorf on the 19th and not arrived anywhere since then. ;)

Yeah, mine left Herne-Boering for "export" and that was all. Today the girl in the 902 phone told me it was already in on delivery in Zaragoza. I was confident it was because the other ones adressed to spain were told to be near delivery too.

But it is 1:14 and it does not arrive. Lot better when you live in a small town.

:p Thank God we're Spanish and used to it, eh? :D

Yep, we develop a buddhist mood.

:D Oooohhmmmmmm

I am remembered of this joke where you are asked if you want to go to the German hell or to the Spanish hell. The one where the torture is in theory the same: that each hour one demon brings a bucket of shit and feeds it into you with a shovel.

LOL LOL LOL... I think I prefer Spanish hell, the demon would be late, he'd forget the bucket, the shit had got lost somewhere, the shovel wasn't working today, how weird, oh dear there's a hole in the bucket (There's a hole in my bucket, dear Eliza, dear Eliza... do you know that song?)

MALLORCA, ES 24/07/2006 7:00 OUT FOR DELIVERY
DUSSELDORF, DE 19/07/2006 22:03 DEPARTURE SCAN
19/07/2006 19:08 ORIGIN SCAN
DE 19/07/2006 12:48 BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED


Tracking results provided by UPS: 24/07/2006 7:45 Eastern Time/New York Time (USA)

Yihaaaa! :D

Now, Mr. Brown Van, where aaaaare you?!?!

ZARAGOZA, ES 24/07/2006 0:01 OUT FOR DELIVERY

Note the Local Time.

Strange time, 0.01!! Mine at least is more "normal". Sigh, they usually always come mid-morning to my office, it would be today that they are late... :p

Waaah! mine is still unchanged!
Then again, in Madrid you always have to wait twice for everything. And we are in fact rebuilding the whole damn town at this moment (our major really wants to go into history books even if he pisses all of us in the process). So I guess it's normal to wait longer.
Any programming jobs at Mallorca? ;)

Sure, but you get paid better in Madrid... although, of course: ¡aquí no hay playa, vaya vaya! :p

DELIVERED! at 16:30. Dammn my sister does not have a router around nor wifi. I will now wander across the city for a pseudo-development setup. :-)

Arrived!! 16.50. :D

congratulations!

Congratulations!
but.. :blink: where is mine??

US Order 620 Delivered


Delivered on: 07/24/2006
9:20 A.M.
Delivered to: US
Service Type: EXPRESS

The first one across the big fish soup!!!

grr! I specified an afternoon delivery and they attempted delivery this morning. Plus it showed as "failed: recipient has moved' WTF!? I live at the specified address!!!!
Well, UPS is no beta company, and I think they suck! Their package tracking system is as good as a piece of sh*t in a stick!

Thanks, it really IS beautiful... oh Christ, I thought it bricked for a moment like yours, Riocaz, and then it was just out of battery, thank goodness!

Well, if you want something well done... I picked it up at UPS central myself! Couldn't wait for another day.

Congratulations everyone!!

My Iliad arrived today! This thing is soooooo cool!

It's not perfect (yet), but it's definately usable for reading most of my eBooks.

Got home, been playing since. Did some fussing with Gutenberg's Captain Blood. Stripped cr/lf & replaced w/^p marks as appropriate, then corrected for US size & converted to .pdf. Wow. Also loaded several downloaded from manybooks. Need to rename files.

Only odd thing so far (aside from my need to move faster than the machine) was that I couldn't seem to delete a .pdf from the menu system, only via the PC link.

WOW! My iLiad was supposed to ship today, instead when I got home there it was! :shocked:

I already ran into my first problem though... you can only connect to the iDS service to update software etc. through an ethernet or wireless connection. I don't have either (I have a modem that has firewire). Grrrrr. I guess no updated software for me tonight :( I'll have to figure out what to do tomorrow.

This thing is just TOO cool though! The screen is very, very nice!

Got mine at 15:30 pm, wonderful gadget!
BTW, just find the software update news from iRex:

Software release v2.5 Scheduled for July 25th:

Power Management
Average battery life before recharge is greatly improved. Further power management improvements are planned in upcoming software releases
Warning when battery is low
Auto-shutdown when Battery is nearly empty
Enhanced security
User interface
Boot-up progress indicator
Mode Menu renamed to Device Manager
On-screen busy indicator when launching viewers
Support longer filenames in content listed
PDF
Go to last read page when re-opening any PDF document
CF/MMC Card
Auto refreshes CF/MMC view on (un)plug of CF/MMC cards
Auto detects CF/MMC cards after power on.
Scribble Function
Additional functionalities when converting the stylus into a pentool (selection of pen size, pen colour and eraser) in the scribble application
Single image template support in scribble function

Has the update started?! Euro should be on July 25 now, right?
I just connect my iLiad to iDS, it says "Download completed", then it jumps to "Download History", and nothing here. It seems not to be the update process in manuals. Has anbody done the update?

enhanced security???
Someone has to see, if we can still get in somehow :)

We have to find out backup/restore procedures really quick now!

well, you don't *have* to update.

i think i'll wait with the update until i hear that ssh still works.

Maybe someone should build a little backdoor (cronjob, etc.) so that we can fish the password out (if that is the new security).

ok, what about a startup script in rd5.d that sets the root password and starts the sshd if not already started and runs wired.sh?

ok, what about a startup script in rd5.d that sets the root password and starts the sshd if not already started and runs wired.sh?
That would be an solution. We can only hope, that they don't fiddle with the wired.sh and wireless.sh...

Got mine at 15:30 pm, wonderful gadget!

I just connect my iLiad to iDS, it says "Download completed", then it jumps to "Download History", and nothing here. It seems not to be the update process in manuals. Has anbody done the update?

Congratulations!

Indeed it is the 25th here in the Netherlands at this moment.
As I understand, download history so far has always been empty after installing a new version.
The download history is more for downloading content I think.
Could be wrong though :)

You can check your software version by going to the menu, choose Iliad settings and looking in the right upper corner.

I wouldn't wait for version 2.5 today if I were you.
Past Irex deadlines have proven to be somewhat erm... flexible.

I will put my ssh key into trusted_keys, If they don't remove ".ssh" and still run the sshd while connecting to IDS, I'll still be in.

IT ARRIVED...! WOO-HOO...! Um... Where's the on switch...? :blink:

On the bottom of the iLiad, push it sideways, hold for 1 or 2 seconds and let go again. :)

On the bottom of the iLiad, push it sideways, hold for 1 or 2 seconds and let go again. :)

:D There should be a sticker somewhere saying that... grrr... Had to go into work so I'll leave to charge and play with it tonight...

I know, it's the one thing that you need to switch your iLiad on so you can get to the user manual... :rolleyes:

I know, it's the one thing that you need to switch your iLiad on so you can get to the user manual... :rolleyes:

"Please read the manual completely before using"... Um, they didn't think that through, did they... :D

:D At least it's available for download from their page, for desperate measures. :p

It wasn't when I could not fine the damned switch... ;-)

LOL, I remember that. :D Luckily, I remembered the review on Teleread by Branko, it showed the on/off switch in the photos, apart from reading about it here for you. :p

Well, mine arrived :-)
(netherlands, near to Venlo in the south)

as said many times before: beautifull screen...

of course it did not work on my network, and you can't specify full network
settings.... grrrrr

Now I have to make my little network "dhcp"

Tom...

Just got mine (#622 UK).

For those interested, the LightWedge microfiber slip-cover fits very snugly (little bit of stretch needed in the corners) but I will be using this as my case on the move.

Mike

Just received mine Order #761. UK :crowngrin

Not quite was I was hoping for ...

"THE PACKAGE WAS DAMAGED IN TRANSIT. UPS WILL NOTIFY THE SENDER WITH THE DETAILS; ALL MERCHANDISE IS BEING DELIVERED. "

Well, if it's any consolation mine arrived today and won't hold a charge. It will turn on as long as it's plugged in, but won't charge at all.

Well, if it's any consolation mine arrived today and won't hold a charge. It will turn on as long as it's plugged in, but won't charge at all.


You have the same exact problem I have. I would call customer support ASAP and they will contact you through email to send you a box and postage to ship your Illiad back for repair. They notified me on the first, but I have yet to receive the box. If I do not get it today I am going to email them back to find out what the turnaround is.

I wonder why they don't offer to ship a new unit in the box, and have you return the old unit in the then empty box???